Milk-bottle-cap remover



Feb. 4, 1930. c. B. WHITE 1,746,097

141m BOTTLE CAP REMOVER Filed Feb. 6, 1929 IN VEN TOR.

CHAELEG'BfWTE A TTORNE Y.

. Paten d Feb; 54, ieso S TE V IcHARLEsB. WHITE, qiE TQiEKA fApTs As Z wa.

" ppl cant filed February @1929. Serial No. 337.860.

My'invention relates to a'device for removing milkbottle caps.

The object of my invention is to provide a device adaptable to the topof a milk bottle 5 as commonly used for the purpose of; remov- 1 toprovide anannular memberor ring having mounted thereupon a leverarranged at one end to pierce and grip the cap on a milk bottle for thepurpose'of removal and the annular ring acting as a base for the opera-9 tion of the lever. I

Another ob'ect of my invention is to pro- 7 v 'vide an extension onthe'base member of the device to act in the manner of a. hinge orrockable support on the lip :ofthe bottle during the operation ofremovingthe .cap.

' These and other objects willbe hereinafter more fully explained,reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of thisspecification :wherein like characters ferent views.

.willapply to like parts throughout the dif- Referring to the drawings:

i Fig. l is an elevationof the mechanism in position on a capped milkbottle, the milk bottle being partly inlsection.

Fig. 2 is a plan'elevation ofvFig'. 1. Fig. i 3 illustrates themechanism inithe yop'eration of removing the cap from the mouth ofthebottle. Y

An annular base member 1 is formed substantially as shown and has, at aninterrupt- I I ed portion,

the vertical extension 2 in-whi'ch is rigidly affixedthe pin 3.'Diametricall'y opposite to the vertical'extension Qand on 1'45 thperiphery of thesaid base member'and integral therewith is formed amember 4 ex- '--tending outward from'thebasemember and being curved inthejmanner shown to aproximately coincide'with the surface of the '50..ip 5; ofthe milk bottle 6, the base 1 resting performed byfirstgholdin'g the base -1 in po- H 'sition on] the cap and rocking thehandlelO removed fromthe mouthjof the bottle completes the operation.

as indicated in Fig. 1 and Fig. 2' upon the paste board disc or cover 7.A lever 8 formed 1n the manner shown and rockably positioned on thepin-3 has at one end a hook 9 and at the other end a handle'lOcomprising a piece A of sheet metal crimped around thelever 8.

.Thehook 9 has at its lower extremity a point 11 which point ispreferably needle-sharp. The portion of the hook 9'indicated at Aiscurved on aradius whose center corresponds. to the center of the pin" 3.

The device is placed mposition on the cap of a milk bottle asillustratedin Figs. land 2 and the operation of removing the cap is inthe direction indicated by the arrow thereby causing the point 11 topierce the cap 7 The operation is then completed by a. continuance ofthe movement of the handle 10 7 and at the same time releasing the base1 to rock on the'lip of'the cap as shown at B by reason ofthe member 4and the cap 7 is This operation may bep'erformed with one hand bygrasping the handle 10 between the thumb and forefinger and allowing theother fingers to create the pressureon the base 1 until the hook haspierced the cap v whereupon the further rocking of the lever .30

The base '1 may be fabricated'of wire in} Y A stead of sheet metal asshown andthe lever 8 and handle 10 with the hook 9 may be fab ricatedfrom stockmetal instead of wire and 5 1 sheet metal as shown. I

This device is very simple in its operation and can be handled quiteskillfully after a small amount of-practice. i v a The handle 10'asshown in the accompanying illustrations may be used for advertisingpurposes, nameplatesiand the like.

I do not wish to be restricted to anypar ticular type of material ormanner of fabrication and such modifications may bej'em- ,95 ployed aslie within the scope of the appended -claim.fl p What I do claim as newanddesire to secure by Letters Patent is:

In a mechanism of thekind described. a I

base plate formed of an annular rim having a lateral extension thereonand diametrically positioned from the said lateral extension. a verticalextension, a hook member pivotally positioned on the Vertical extension,the said plate, when in use, resting upon the cap of a milk bottle andthe said hook'formed to pierce and raise'firstone edge of the cap intheremoval of the cap from the bottle substantial- 1y as shown. v a

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

CHARLES B. WHITE.

